The jury is now deciding the fate of an accused gunman whose alleged shots sparked the worst mass shooting in Toronto.

The now 21-year-old man, who cannot be identified as he was 17 at the time of the incident, is accused of opening fire on alleged Galloway Boys gang member Nahom “Gifted” Tsegazab at a July 16, 2012 Danzig St. block party.

The jury will resume its deliberations Tuesday morning as it pores over seven weeks of evidence heard at the trial. Tsegazab, who was wounded in the right bicep and abdomen, fired 11 rounds in the direction of the gunman — and at a mass of innocent bystanders attending the Scarborough block party, court heard.

Tsegazab was co-organizer of the event, which started as a children’s barbecue and then a night party.

In his instructions to the jury Monday, Justice Ian Nordheimer said Tsegazab “says he didn’t know the person who shot him, but he does say it was not (the accused).”

None of the alleged teenaged gunman’s shots killed anyone. But his rounds set off a chain reaction of gunfire that claimed the lives of Shyanne Charles, 14, and Joshua Yasay, 23, and injured 22 others.

The accused has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted murder against Tsezagab, two counts of aggravated assault, and one charge of reckless discharging of a firearm.

Two years ago, Tsegazab, now 22, pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter and six of aggravated assault and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

The shooting was part of a long-standing feud between the Galloway Boys and Malvern Crew.

Shaquan “Bam Bam” Mesquito, a member of the Malvern Crew, attended the gathering unarmed and was kicked out by a gun-packing youth who vowed to shoot him if he didn’t leave immediately, court heard.

Mesquito, who pleaded guilty last year to four charges, including counselling two people to commit murder, was sentenced to nine years in prison.

He never returned to the party and no one answered his calls to “shoot it up.” But his vengeful Twitter posts prompted Danzig party security to be “prepared for a possible shootout,” court heard.

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